For millions of years rocks have formed the fundament man moves on over the earth. Rocks are everywhere, so they are said to be the memory of our planet. How can a sandstone landscape be pastel pink and another is full of colorful dramatic lines? Why is one basalt boulder rough and porous while another appears as fine and polished as glass? Where do the rich granite boulders come from in an otherwise flat plain? What is the difference between granite and basalt and - why aren't all the craters on earth of volcanic origin? In my trips to spectacular places characterized by highly concentrated deposits of rock - the basalt on the Pacific Ring of Fire, the sandstone in the American West, granite in the cold French Atlantic and the marble quarries in Rajasthan - I find answers.
En este documental de History Channel llamado The Egyptian: Book of the Dead, El Libro de los Muertos, el primer texto religioso de la historia donde se menciona una otra vida, se explica la razón por la cual los egipcios construyeron las pirámides, contiene la primera definición escrita de una religión. Una completa visión de como era la concepción de los antiguos egipcios sobre el “Mas Allá” y como su vida y muerte giraban en torno a un viaje para el que se precisaba un manual-guía con el que todos eran enterrados.Para los antiguos egipcios, la muerte era el inicio de una nueva vida en el Reino de los Muertos, un lugar lleno de peligros al que se llegaba tras salvar innumerables obstáculos, vencer a terribles y superar el juicio de Osiris.
With the dangerous smoothness of a tiger stalking his prey, Peter has circled the au pair Michèle. She quickly succumbs to his fascinating charisma and experiences for the first time a hitherto unknown, tender security. "I'll kill you," says Peter, as gently as cold-bloodedly. A macabre joke or a serious warning?
With the dangerous smoothness of a tiger stalking his prey, Peter has circled the au pair Michèle. She quickly succumbs to his fascinating charisma and experiences for the first time a hitherto unknown, tender security. "I'll kill you," says Peter, as gently as cold-bloodedly. A macabre joke or a serious warning?
